Gestiès

Gestiès
A general view of Gestiès A general view of Gestiès
Gestiès
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Gestiès
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Vicdessos
Intercommunality	Auzat-Vicdessos
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Marfaing
Area1	27.46 km2 (10.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	9
• Density	0.33/km2 (0.85/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09134 / 09220
Elevation	827–2,742 m (2,713–8,996 ft) (avg. 940 m or 3,080 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gestiès is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Gestiès are called Gestiérois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	37	—
1968	42	+13.5%
1975	41	−2.4%
1982	34	−17.1%
1990	21	−38.2%
1999	10	−52.4%
2008	9	−10.0%

File:Chapelle saint nicolas de gesties.jpg

Chapel of Saint Nicholas

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

• INSEE